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All-star athletes compete for local CMN Hospitals at Ace Shootout on Golf Channel, March 27

March 22, 2017 | By afrost | Network Post

Sports legends from basketball, football, baseball and hockey compete for their local children’s hospitals in the Ace Shootout premiering March 27 on the Golf Channel. Photo Credit: Two Finch Photography

John Lackey, World Series’ champion with the Chicago Cubs, playing for Hendrick Children’s Hospital in Abilene, Texas.

Kevin Millar, MLB Network Analyst and member of 2004 World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox, playing for Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas.

“We thank the Ace vendors who have made it possible to raise more than $20 million in the last 20 years through the Ace Shootout,” said John Lauck, president and CEO of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. “It’s really an amazing experience to see these athletes come together for such a great cause. The funds raised are invaluable to CMN Hospitals and help provide our member hospitals with the needed resources to save and improve kids’ lives.”

This year’s Ace Shootout raised more than $2 million for CMN Hospitals. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Ace Hardware Celebrity Golf Shootout has raised more than $20 million for kids treated at member CMN Hospitals. The Ace Shootout will conclude #ChildrensHospitalsWeek, a week-long initiative to shine a light on the importance of children’s hospitals and how donations help kids across North America get the best care when they need it.

Fans can vote for their favorite player at www.aceshootout.org. The player with the most votes will win a $25,000 donation for the hospital they’re representing in the Shootout.

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About Children’s Miracle Network HospitalsChildren’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5 billion, most of it $1 at a time through the charity’s Miracle Balloon icon. Its various fundraising partners and programs support the nonprofit’s mission to save and improve the lives of as many children as possible. Find out why children’s hospitals need community support, identify your member hospital and learn how you can Put Your Money Where the Miracles Are, at CMNHospitals.org and facebook.com/CMNHospitals.

About Ace HardwareFor more than 90 years, Ace Hardware has been known as the place with the helpful hardware folks in thousands of neighborhoods across America, providing customers with a more personal kind of helpful. In 2016, Ace ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Home Improvement Retail Stores, Ten Years in a Row,” according to J.D. Power. With more than 4,900 hardware stores locally owned and operated across the globe, Ace is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries currently operate 17 distribution centers in the U.S. and also have distribution capabilities in Ningbo, China; Colon, Panama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its retailers’ stores are located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and approximately 60 countries. For more information on Ace, visit acehardware.com or visit our newsroom at newsroom.acehardware.com.